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Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life. The...

After her plane crashes, a 17-year-old girl spends 11 days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

Ever suffered the collective flatulence of eighty co-passengers while sailing on a serene Asian river? Or called out for rescue in true Bollywood style while locked up in a minaret in Persia? Or had to cross a pack of hyenas en route to the loo?...

Read by the author, Kate Barron 'A truly inspiring story of courage, resilience and the call of the wild. Wilderness Mum is a testament to the extraordinary things we are capable of' - Tim Peake Most people believe the wild years end when motherhood begins. For me, that’s when they truly...

“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a...

Phil Cousineau's lifetime of pilgrimage has taken him from the depths of lost jungles to the heights of the human soul, always with passion, curiosity, warmth, wisdom and humor. And in this little golden guide, he brings us along with him. This is an experience not to be missed, for any reason.

A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild. At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in...

As the lead managers of the Great Barrier Reef, the Reef Authority keeps an eye on the Reef year-round — with efforts stepped up over summer, a typically high-risk period from extreme weather.The Reef Authority releases updates on the health of Reef which includes; sea surface temperatures, rainfall and floods, cyclones, crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, and coral disease.These updates are based on forecasts, water temperature heat mapping, in-water surveys, citizen science and aerial surveys.

Read by the author, Bobby Bolton. Join Bobby Bolton and his trusted dog, Red, as they drive from Wigan across the world – and fall in love with life again . . . When Bobby’s eleven-year relationship broke down, he thought he’d hit rock bottom. Then a bad economic turn and a run of unlucky...

Twice a month, ordinary British people will bring you their take on the past two weeks' worth of news, entertainment and culture.

🌼2tanter1husvagn – podden med härlig självdistans, resor, skratt och campingtips.❤️ Husvagnsliv med humor, hjärta och härliga samtal.Följ med oss genom landet – ett stopp i taget. 😄Bulan – Sveriges rundaste superhjälte! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Moving Medicine Podcast is a trusted resource for physicians and medical families navigating one of the most significant transitions of their careers: relocation. Hosted by Zoe Taylor, Founder of Moving Medicine Partners, the podcast explores what medical families truly need to know before they move—beyond contracts and compensation. Each episode offers insight into hospital culture, city lifestyles, real estate considerations, cost of living, and the emotional realities of uprooting a family. Through expert interviews, real relocation stories, and solo guidance episodes, the show ...

Zwischen Weihnachten und dem neuen Jahr liegt eine Zeit, die anders klingt: Die Raunächte. Vielleicht bist Du gerade auf Juist. Vielleicht trägst Du die Insel nur in Dir. In diesem Podcast begleiten wir Dich durch die zwölf Raunächte mit kurzen, erzählten Geschichten – leise, ruhig und nah an der Nordsee. Verwurzelt in alten Sagen, norddeutschem Denken und dem Wissen, dass Übergänge nicht erklärt werden müssen. Jede Folge ist ein kleiner Impuls für den Morgen. Kein Ratgeber, keine Esoterik, kein Lärm. Stattdessen Bilder aus Wind, Meer und Dunkelheit – neu geformt für diese ...

DTF: Ditch the Façade is a safe space for honest conversations about adulthood, identity, and growth.Hosted by two Black women in their early 30s, the podcast explores what it really looks like to build a life you love while still healing, questioning, and evolving. From relationships and career pressure to family expectations, health, and joy, each episode invites listeners to release perfection and show up as they are.No perfection. No pretending. Just real life, real growth, and real talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Started as a class project, this podcast explores those places around you that are built to make you feel welcome, to build community, and to just....exist.

A vacation has the special power to bring a family closer together— breaking away from familiar routines, allowing time to enjoy each others’ company, and experiencing the world together. All it takes is the right mindset and some planning. The Travel Mom shows you how. In one invaluable...

In his darkest depression, one idea brought Christian Lewis out of the depths - and into a new life. Finding Hildasay, read by the author, is a brutal and beautiful true story of depression, survival, walking, and the meaning of home. ‘Now I was finally out of the force of the wind, my body...

Oliver Mol was a successful, clever, healthy twenty-five-year old. Then one day the migraine started. For ten months, the pain was constant, exacerbated by writing, reading, using computers, looking at phones or anything with a screen. Slowly he became a writer who no longer wrote, and a person who could no longer could communicate with the modern world. In literature, and life, Oliver began to disappear. His doctors can't figure out how to fix him. He suffers a breakdown. One evening, high on pain killers, Oliver Googles the only thing he can think of.

Es sind die ganz großen Fragen: Wie lebt man ein erfülltes Leben? Was in diesem Leben können wir beeinflussen - und wie? Worauf sind Menschen, die sehr alt werden, am Ende stolz? Und was bedauern sie? Wie prägen Beziehungen unser Leben, welchen Einfluss haben Kultur und Ernährung, Bewegung, die Gene, aber auch Bildung und Wohlstand? Klaus Brinkbäumer und Samiha Shafy sind auf ihrer Weltreise nach Sardinien, Okinawa (Japan) und Loma Linda (Kalifornien) gefahren, um herauszufinden, warum dort sehr viel mehr Menschen sehr viel älter werden als anderswo.

An award-winning journalist's eco-adventures across the globe with his three traveling companions: his fiancée, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety - a hilarious, wild jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone with mental illness.